Pirate Bay : A Look Back

Pirate Bay was one of the eye-catching mechanical events of Robotix 2011. Introducing the one-of-its-kind concept of digging through rough terrain to extract hidden treasures , it was widely appreciated and a unique spectacle. It, like RAFT and the other events was based on a practical industry related problem statement.

Trivia: Pirate Bay was initially titled ‘Treasure Island’ which was to include a small water tank in the second round and a two stepped pyramid at the centre of the third round arena which was later reconsidered because of size constraints.

A variety of out-of-the-box ideas were seen implemented in the robots which included dual robots and innovative digging mechanisms.

The event was conducted in 3 rounds:

Round 1: Excavating colour coded coins from a sand terrain.Round 2: Retrieve articles from a rocky terrain and take them to a treasure chest up an incline.Round 3: A one-on-one battle to gather the most booty in a most eccentric arena.

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